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Alternative giving or virtual giving is a form of gift giving where the donor, instead of buying a gift for the recipient, makes a donation to a charitable organization in the recipient’s name and the organization provides a certificate or card for the recipient. giFT stands for giFT: Internet File Transfer. ...
Donation is a gift to a fund or cause, typically for charitable reasons. ...
A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ...
A certificate is an official document affirming some fact. ...
Look up card in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
As with other charitable donations, the certificate often contains an example of how the donation will be used (such as one day’s worth of food for a hungry person) or a symbolic denomination, called "ownership" or "adoption" (e.g. of an animal or a tree). Many organizations offer a wide range of denominations.
The certificates themselves can bear various names, including "donation certificate" and "gift certificate". The latter term sometimes causes disappointment since the recipient of the certificate can not redeem it like a commercial gift certificate. Scrip is any substitute for currency, which is not legal tender. ...
This form of giving is often used as an alternative to consumerism and to mitigate the Effects of Christmas on the environment. Consumerism is a term used to describe the effects of equating personal happiness with purchasing material possessions and consumption. ...
The celebration of Christmas has both positive and negative effects on the environment. ...
Alternative giving fairs
Sometimes several charitable organizations gather in a fair or "holiday fair" to attract donors by providing them a wider selection of choices. A fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. ...
Organizations The idea has been promoted by a number of charities such as Heifer Project.
Terminology “Virtual giving” is also used for any giving that the donor can do from his or her computer at home. This applies especially to “virtual volunteering”[1], [2])
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Volunteer | Philanthropist Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck // The word charity entered the English language through the O.Fr word charite which was derived from the Latin caritas.[1] In the twelfth century it indicated a state of benevolance towards the poor. ...
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Alms Bag taken from some Tapestry in Orleans, Fifteenth Century. ...
Tzedakah (Hebrew: צדקה) in Judaism, is the Hebrew term most commonly translated as charity, though it is based on a root meaning justice .(צדק). In Arabic, charity is sadakah (صدقه) and an obligatory type of it, the Arabic term zakat, is considered to be one of the five pillars of Islam. ...
Agapē (written αγάπη in the Greek alphabet, and pronounced or ), is one of several Greek words meaning love. ...
Zakât (or Zakaat or Zakah) (English:tax, alms, tithe) (Arabic: زكاة, Old (Quran) Arabic: زكوة) is the third of the Five Pillars of Islam in Sunni Islam and one of the Branches of Religion in Shia Islam. ...
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giFT stands for giFT: Internet File Transfer. ...
Donation is a gift to a fund or cause, typically for charitable reasons. ...
The term non-governmental organization (NGO) is used in a variety of ways all over the world and, depending on the context in which it is used, can refer to many different types of organizations. ...
A charitable trust (or charity) is a trust organized to serve private or public charitable purposes. ...
A Foundation is a type of philanthropic organization set up by either individuals or institutions as a legal entity (either as a corporation or trust) with the purpose of distributing grants to support causes in line with the goals of the foundation. ...
A nonprofit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ...
A Not-for-profit corporation is a corporation created by statute, government or judicial authority that does not issue stock. ...
One Brick volunteers help at a soup kitchen. ...
Someone who practices Philanthropy. ...
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